Optionally record the special files (symlinks, fifos, sockets, character
and block devices) using reparse points instead of using Interix representation.
Doing so, the special files are interoperable with Windows Subsystem for
linux (WSL).
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) of Windows 10 uses reparse points
to record special files (symlinks, fifos, sockets, char or block devices).
Honor such reparse points with the same meaning as WSL.
The translations of Windows paths designed for translating Windows symlinks
and mount points may also be used in plugins for translation execlinks,
so make them available.
Now that the size of the reparse point attribute is no longer used by
the FUSE drivers to populate st_size for symlinks and junctions, it no
longer needs to be returned by ntfs_make_symlink().
(contributed by Eric Biggers)
The new "system compression" files used by Windows 10 make use of reparse
points to record the compression parameters, and a specific named data
stream is used to store the compressed data. With this patch, processing
of reparse points can be done by an external plugin only loaded as needed.
Junctions and symlinks, which are also based on reparse points, are now
processed by "internal plugins".
Jean-Pierre André
Jean-Pierre André
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